Although it might appear, from the absence of blog post during July and August, that I was sticking my ass to the office chair during the whole Summer, it was actually not exactly the case. I did have a few outings during Summer, though short but still worth while.
The last activity was about the 3rd [...]
It’s been exactly a year since my last visit to hometown Montreal, and I’m about to return for another visit next Monday. I’ve been working at IBM Shanghai — precisely IBM China Systems & Technology Labs (CSTL) — for a year and a half now. I’m starting to forget how it was like to work [...]
It was another bloody Sunday just passed, or black Monday if you ran out of blood at Sunday, that brought the US and world financial markets in really deep deep shit. One would expect that the big bosses at Wall Street, with an army of financial experts, tons of Ph.D theories and algorithms, and unlimited [...]
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"I want to find a voracious, small-minded predator and name it after the IRS."
Some people see a big wave coming and run away from it, but they ultimately end up beaten by the wave and fall down. I choose to stand face to the wave, waiting for it with open eyes (nose shut), and you won't believe how much fun I have jumping over the wave as it comes! As a bonus, I have my feet firmly in the sand before and after the jump. That is the attitude I choose from now on.
— A lesson learned from Phuket